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<A NAME="menus"</A><B><I>NCSTRL Documentation</I></B>
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<H1>On-Line Documents to Peruse</H1>

<H2>For more information about NCSTRL</H2>
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<LI>Who and what is <!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/about-ncstrl.html">
NCSTRL</A>, anyway?
<LI> How do I <!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/participation.html"> participate </A> in NCSTRL?.

<LI>I'd like to know more about the <!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><A
HREF="http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/home/cstr/handle-intro.html">handle
service</A>, which is used for document naming in NCSTRL.
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<H2>Installing and maintaining an NCSTRL-standard site</H2>
NCSTRL-standard sites run a Dienst server, which manages their
document collection, allows searches on it, and provides a user
interface gateway to the entire NCSTRL collection.
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<LI>How do I <!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><A HREF="http://cs-tr.cs.cornell.edu/Dienst/htdocs/admin_doc_menu.html">download and install</A> the 
Dienst software?
<LI>Once I am up and running, how do I keep my document database and 
Dienst server <!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><A HREF="http://cs-tr.cs.cornell.edu/Dienst/htdocs/admin_doc_menu.html#maintenance_menu">
running smoothly</A>?

<LI> How do I find out and install new releases?
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<LI> When you register your site with NCSTRL, you will be added to the NCSTRL
mailing list.  New release announcements will be sent to this list.

<LI> Check out the <!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/dienst_install/release_notes.html">release notes</A> for a history and status of current
Dienst releases.

<LI> Check out the <!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/Releases">releases directory</A> for detailed diff's between releases.

<LI> Read the <!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/dienst_install/upgrading_tips.html">tips for upgrading</A> to a new release.
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<H2>Installing and maintaining an NCSTRL-lite site</H2>
NCSTRL-lite sites maintain an FTP archive of their documents and
bibliograhic files.  A Dienst central indexing server collects the
bibliographic files and allows searching over them.
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<LI> How do I <!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><A 
HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Lite/ncstrl-lite.html">participate
and download the software</A>
to become a NCSTRL-lite site?
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<H2>Using NCSTRL.</H2>
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<LI>I'd like some more details on <!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><A HREF="http://cs-tr.cs.cornell.edu/Dienst/htdocs/dienst_runtime/search_help.html">searching for documents</A>. 
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<H2>More technical information.</H2>
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<LI>An overview of the <!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><A
HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/architecture.html">NCSTRL
architecture</A>.
<LI><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><A HREF="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september95/09davis.html">An article about NCSTRL</A> from
<!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><A HREF="http://www.dlib.org">D-Lib
Magazine</A>

<LI>The <!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/protocol4.html">Dienst 4.0</A> protocol upon which this service is based.  See also the 
<!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><A HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/UI_methods.html">user interface methods</A>.

<LI> The <!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><A HREF="http://cs-tr.cs.cornell.edu/Dienst/UI/2.0/Describe/ncstrl.cornell%2fTR94-1418?abstract=">original Dienst technical report.</A>
<LI> Another <!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><A HREF="http://cs-tr.cs.cornell.edu/Dienst/UI/2.0/Describe/ncstrl.cornell%2fTR95-1514?abstract=">Dienst technical report</A> describing the Dienst architecture.

<LI> A technical report about <!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><A
HREF="http://lite.ncstrl.org:3803/Dienst/UI/2.0/Describe/ncstrl.odu_cs%2fTR_94_13?abstract=waters">WATERS</A>,
the technical foundation for NCSTRL-lite.
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<H2>Related Sources of CS Material on the Internet.</H2>
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<LI>Check this out for <!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><A 
HREF="http://www.ncstrl.org/Dienst/htdocs/Info/other_sources.html">other sources of CS material</A> on the Internet.

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<H2>Acknowledgements</H2>

This work was supported in part by the Advanced Research Projects
Agency under Grant No. MDA972-92-J-1029 with the Corporation for
National Research Initiatives (CNRI), by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.
NSF-CDA-9308259, and by Xerox Corporation.  Its content does not
necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Government or
CNRI, and no official endorsement should be inferred.  
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